Nihilism

the essential concern of the nihilist approach is not to discover the truth, but to point out the lies and to recognize limitations.

what troubles us in nihilism is the fact that it harshly confronts us with our own naiveté; that we have been so foolishly deceived that our lives have come to rely on lies, on imaginary assumptions. Therefore, let us realize that when nihilism points out these lies, it is not destroying reality, but our illusions.

we must grasp the objective emptiness of existence – being obvious that, as subjects, we can only do so subjectively. The problem is that, in the process of demonstrating that existence itself is empty, we are the very emptiness we are trying to point out – we try to explain that we ourselves have no explanation. It may seem paradoxical, but it is not.

existence itself has no foundation, value, meaning, or purpose. According to existential nihilism, everything that exists has no purpose, including life. All actions, all feelings, all facts are empty in themselves, devoid of any meaning. In this perspective, living is as meaningless as dying, and we are here for the same reason as the stones: none.

We are machines, and our consciousness is a dream of this machine. Nothing else. Absolutely nothing.

Therefore, let us realize that when nihilism points out these lies, it is not destroying reality, but our illusions.

It would be overwhelming to realize that we had given great importance, that we had dedicated our entire lives to something that simply does not exist.

we are the very emptiness we are trying to point out – we try to explain that we ourselves have no explanation.

In this perspective, living is as meaningless as dying, and we are here for the same reason as the stones: none.

when firing a shot of nothing, the gun automatically ceases to exist, and the whole thing becomes meaningless.